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we don't see many asian-americans. let's take a look at bay area native that became lin-sanity. >> i tried to get in the gym and they stopped me. i'm sorry, i said i know. he looked at me confused. i was looking at him confused. then he was like, oh, i'm sorry, you are a trainer? i was like standing there. then another security guard and whispered, i think he plays on the team. >> kristen: interesting. so they didn't think he was a player, perhaps a trainer or team doctor. jeremy lin selected an mesh filmm that is significant? >> i think it's really important when linn sanity broke, they wanted to tell the story. with all the people who picked, he is actually a local filmmaker. i think it was important. what he wanted was to tell the authentic story of his journey. picking an asian-american was an amazing choice. people that saw the film agree. >> kristen: it was very authentic. what about the images in the mainstream media that added to his concern. that someone that was asian-american would not get it right. >> it wa
we don't see many asian-americans. let's take a look at bay area native that became lin-sanity. >> i tried to get in the gym and they stopped me. i'm sorry, i said i know. he looked at me confused. i was looking at him confused. then he was like, oh, i'm sorry, you are a trainer? i was like standing there. then another security guard and whispered, i think he plays on the team. >> kristen: interesting. so they didn't think he was a player, perhaps a trainer or team doctor. jeremy...
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i own my asian heritage. we have such a dynamic vibrant community, a confident one and that along with the acceptions and the support of the bay area community. it's been a wonderful, this is where i have spent most of my life so it's really wonderful to be honored in city hall in san francisco. i have had a great career and met really outstanding interns like kate, she was a stand out. but i also found this incredible mixed chapter where i can do work to help the asian community. as to why the asian pacific fund exist because say tiny percent of charitable dollars goes towards asian needs in the bay area and the needs are vast and deep and on going. there is extreme poverty, there is barriers to finishing high school, there is a lack of access to health care, chronic health problems and pretty high suicide race among our population. our first step was to connect asian philanthropist. i want to thank you for this existence and there is a coincidence of an event put on the fourth floor called asians in america
i own my asian heritage. we have such a dynamic vibrant community, a confident one and that along with the acceptions and the support of the bay area community. it's been a wonderful, this is where i have spent most of my life so it's really wonderful to be honored in city hall in san francisco. i have had a great career and met really outstanding interns like kate, she was a stand out. but i also found this incredible mixed chapter where i can do work to help the asian community. as to why the...
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asian american that is right workshop and asian improve arts. it's now my pleasure to announce the heritage award in the community impact category is asian improve art. the co- founders please join us on instantly to receive the award on behalf of the asian in proud arts. >> well, maybe i'll get it started here and john will bring it up. i'm francis wong and together we founded the asian improve arts we're celebrating our history in the san francisco area. and it's quite on honor to be standing before you and to see how the idea of a group called asian entertainment we're not an - we do improvise and i don't want to repeat a lot of things but we're a group for creativity and we want to acknowledge and applaud the committee to recognize the performing arts we offer not only in entertainment but to effect the patterns of thought how do we think about solving the problems and envision a new world? we find in our work as im- arts we're part of envisioning this new world and we're standing on the shoulders of our immigrant forebearsors my patent land
asian american that is right workshop and asian improve arts. it's now my pleasure to announce the heritage award in the community impact category is asian improve art. the co- founders please join us on instantly to receive the award on behalf of the asian in proud arts. >> well, maybe i'll get it started here and john will bring it up. i'm francis wong and together we founded the asian improve arts we're celebrating our history in the san francisco area. and it's quite on honor to be...
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today, we have 5 and we have a asian mayor and we live across the bay from another asian mayor from oakland. we represent the diversity. but for the triumph of all of you i want to take a moment and remember that we're here to think about the impact of the artists. with you have been stashing not only a vision you're telling the story. and see i want to thank our awe suffering leaders. i want to thank the organizations that that impacted us the asian week foundation and thank you for impacting our communities. and to those of you who have been the final lift for our lifetime achievement awards (calling names). actually all of you guys are getting the lifetime achievement award but thank you for entertaining us and thank you for being here the warriors have a great evening. (clapping). thank you so much david for those inspiring words but tonight would not be possible without the support of our sponsors which has been the sponsor for the last two years which is target. please join me in welcoming the manager of the target store to accept a small award of appreciation. and as this lad
today, we have 5 and we have a asian mayor and we live across the bay from another asian mayor from oakland. we represent the diversity. but for the triumph of all of you i want to take a moment and remember that we're here to think about the impact of the artists. with you have been stashing not only a vision you're telling the story. and see i want to thank our awe suffering leaders. i want to thank the organizations that that impacted us the asian week foundation and thank you for impacting...
than 90 asian organizations. the communities honor from prenatal programs and the chair
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so those organizations are asian american theater company, are they here? >> is someone from asian? hi. >> that is pearl, and i end up in her junk mail a lot and so we have to fix our e-mail for that. >> we have asian improv, arts. [ applause ] >> we have the asian league foundation heritage street fair. and i don't know if ted is still here and as the mayor said a fantastic organization that has been bridging these cultural divides and bringing the apa heritage and the apa celebration to all of us. and san francisco, pristine. >> one of the things that we foubd during the no, ma'am that ising selection process is how much we as a committee learned about the organizations in our own communities that we did not know about, and this has been a wonderful learning experience for all of us and i hope that this is a and we will bring more attention to these fantastic artists that were out there and so our last category is for the lifetime achievement and this is for the individual whose have about, for at least 25 years had some impact in our apa community, and have used this amazing perf
so those organizations are asian american theater company, are they here? >> is someone from asian? hi. >> that is pearl, and i end up in her junk mail a lot and so we have to fix our e-mail for that. >> we have asian improv, arts. [ applause ] >> we have the asian league foundation heritage street fair. and i don't know if ted is still here and as the mayor said a fantastic organization that has been bridging these cultural divides and bringing the apa heritage and the...
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so, we have a strong affiliation with asian pacific americans. frankly, they set the standards of the academy art university and we welcome them with open arms because of their work ethic and their diligence. and in fact one of our alums who is sitting here in the audience, actually designs the poster and instructs for us now. do you want to say hi in an academy of art grad? [ applause ] and as you know, we are art for industry, and we are creating portfolios for students so that they can get jobs for the 21st century. and i am proud to say that asian pacific americans are leading the charge in getting those jobs for the 21 century. and we are, very, very proud of them as students and i am very proud to be here today. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, and mark from at&t? [ applause ] >> thank you, it is a pleasure to be here and represent at&t, this is, this is 6 or 7th year that we have been around since the beginning, i believe of supporting this important month. and we, it is very much a part of our culture and heritage as well. and whe
so, we have a strong affiliation with asian pacific americans. frankly, they set the standards of the academy art university and we welcome them with open arms because of their work ethic and their diligence. and in fact one of our alums who is sitting here in the audience, actually designs the poster and instructs for us now. do you want to say hi in an academy of art grad? [ applause ] and as you know, we are art for industry, and we are creating portfolios for students so that they can get...
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so those organizations are asian american theater company, are they here? >> is someone from asian? hi. >> that is pearl, and i end up in her junk mail a lot and so we have to fix our e-mail for that. >> we have asian improv, arts. [ applause ] >> we have the asian league foundation heritage street fair. and i don't know if ted is still here and as the mayor said a fantastic organization that has been bridging these cultural divides and bringing the apa heritage and the apa celebration to all of us. and san francisco, pristine. >> one
so those organizations are asian american theater company, are they here? >> is someone from asian? hi. >> that is pearl, and i end up in her junk mail a lot and so we have to fix our e-mail for that. >> we have asian improv, arts. [ applause ] >> we have the asian league foundation heritage street fair. and i don't know if ted is still here and as the mayor said a fantastic organization that has been bridging these cultural divides and bringing the apa heritage and the...
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the asian american, it's always a labor of love. i just saw such an incredible potential in san francisco and i had to do this. who would have known it would turn into a jazz movement. there is a documentary based on that. also i think what was really important to me, not j tus &m, but the building of bridges. i was in the western addition before that and i realize before it started it came from many musician and many latin artist we said because of you, we are creating our music now. just recently i was inducted to the grove encyclopedia of music. the professor called and said i want to induct you to this encyclopedia. you know what that means? it was an incredible honor, but being honored in my hometown in san francisco is especially important to me. i have done everything with brenda too. mostly bhaz mentioned brenda was part of this. >> i just want to say thank you. this was so wonderful, thank you. i was honored a couple days ago by claudia with the apa awards. i just want to say, it is so awesome that asian are in the house. t
the asian american, it's always a labor of love. i just saw such an incredible potential in san francisco and i had to do this. who would have known it would turn into a jazz movement. there is a documentary based on that. also i think what was really important to me, not j tus &m, but the building of bridges. i was in the western addition before that and i realize before it started it came from many musician and many latin artist we said because of you, we are creating our music now. just...
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and the asian students also get billed. get bullied. and the students stay in the classroom during recess and the principle not always walking around and making observations. she also not communicate with the students and making kind of worried the school achievement and also the safety of the students. thank you. >> hello. everyone. my name is jenny. we can see that we have is a group of parents coming out today and hopefully, the commissioners and superintendent can help us to solve the counter situation at the school. there are also some other ladders of other parents. the task the school has been like over 8 hundred but has been dropping. and everyday when the parents bring the kids to school we're very worried and not even able to focus at work. and you can see that around the world like boston bombing and many shootings around the school. we are parents we always worried about this situation and especially we low income families. and we have some parents that actually have kindergarten kids that they can't come tonight and also i
and the asian students also get billed. get bullied. and the students stay in the classroom during recess and the principle not always walking around and making observations. she also not communicate with the students and making kind of worried the school achievement and also the safety of the students. thank you. >> hello. everyone. my name is jenny. we can see that we have is a group of parents coming out today and hopefully, the commissioners and superintendent can help us to solve the...
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that asians are not good leaders. so when you walk into a room you're assumed to be one of the norm. so unless you show me that you're not, then you're soon to be. >> reporter: having highly visible asian executives can be good for business. john chen says it can help attract and retain asian tech workers. >> you want the employee to feel like they have upward mobility across the board. people are happier, do the job better, represent you better. >> reporter: the chief technology officer and executive board member at a software company. at a conference he said a few words in hin di in his keynote speech. a woman if the audience says she and others got emotional. >> we know a lot of people were moved to tears just to hear a board member from the company addressing to them in their language. people feel more connected. they feel valued. >> reporter: despite strong reaction, you might be surprised to hear him say this about hiring executive. if there were an open position on the board would you push for another asian? >>
that asians are not good leaders. so when you walk into a room you're assumed to be one of the norm. so unless you show me that you're not, then you're soon to be. >> reporter: having highly visible asian executives can be good for business. john chen says it can help attract and retain asian tech workers. >> you want the employee to feel like they have upward mobility across the board. people are happier, do the job better, represent you better. >> reporter: the chief...
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he is one of the native asian american instruments. there were a couple of really eclectic activist going around. yam zachey who i used to see at city lights bookstore and i saw posters posted on the streets for the asian american jazz festival and my honoree was one of the founders. i'm honoring mark -- zoo who is an accurate or of many careers of the asian jazz festival and who i met and inspired by him and other leaders of this movement. i would like to ask mark and partner of creativity in 34 years brenda wong to come forward. there is a really good documentary on mark izu called don't lose your soul. mark izu has dedicated his life to nurturing the chinese jazz performance to others like frances wong also honored by the asian festival earlier but mark has been there from the very beginning to the present and always supported other artist and he's the driving force behind the asian american jazz festival. it serves as the genesis for other artist movement in many ways. george sam's was the trumpeter and anthony brown and other pion
he is one of the native asian american instruments. there were a couple of really eclectic activist going around. yam zachey who i used to see at city lights bookstore and i saw posters posted on the streets for the asian american jazz festival and my honoree was one of the founders. i'm honoring mark -- zoo who is an accurate or of many careers of the asian jazz festival and who i met and inspired by him and other leaders of this movement. i would like to ask mark and partner of creativity in...
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the month of may was declared by president clinton as asian pacific month. i want to thank those in the audience who have been celebrating this city of asian americans here in san francisco. i would like to acknowledge the woman who has been managing a lot of our city's american asian pacific heritage events in recent years. claudia chang. i want to acknowledge you to make some comments this afternoon. >> i want to mention that this citywide celebration has been going on since 2005. so the group has been growing and every year the committee meets to plan on the celebration and theme. as some of you know the theme this year is honoring achievements in the performing arts. they have honored two individuals in the organization for the impact of using the skills and experience in the performing arts in benefitting the community. so we are very happy to a public nomination to address on our website and we are very happy is to discover those. i would like to inform you that this year we have an honorary in our audience today for the heritage awards for inspiration
the month of may was declared by president clinton as asian pacific month. i want to thank those in the audience who have been celebrating this city of asian americans here in san francisco. i would like to acknowledge the woman who has been managing a lot of our city's american asian pacific heritage events in recent years. claudia chang. i want to acknowledge you to make some comments this afternoon. >> i want to mention that this citywide celebration has been going on since 2005. so...